In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:11:56 +0000 (UTC): Hi Jones,
I agree that Beryllium is an interesting possibility, but the reaction I would expect is more like Be9 + H => D + 2 x He4 No neutrino required. or if you want to use D instead of H Be9 + D => T + 2 x He4 However I think this might be less likely because the neutron capture cross section of D is much lower than that of H (IIRC). The halo neutron might be easier to capture that one normally bound within a nucleus. This is suggested by the fact that Beryllium is used as a neutron multiplier. >A nickel-beryllium alloy could be an interesting and available catalyst for >use in Mills-Holmlid dense hydrogen research. It would be an active material >in several ways - used as the target for a high pressure flow of hydrogen. The >360 alloy is mostly nickel with a few % beryllium and some titanium. >https://materion.com/products/high-performance-alloys/nickel-beryllium-alloy-360 >AFAIK no experimenter has used this alloy in LENR before now. Researchers >often avoid beryllium, and for good reason. > >The premise, or working hypothesis for suggested experiments would be that a >"halo nucleus" serves a critical function in the completed reaction ... which >is first based on nickel and titanium as the 'shrinkage' catalysts forming >dense hydrogen eventually into what can be called the 'pseudo neutron' >(activated dense hydrogen). In this reaction, beryllium uniquely provides an >accumulation stage - due entirely to the extended lifetime of the nuclear >halo, which is unique. Google: halo nucleus. > >Beryllium seems to be the only atom in nature which has a long-lived halo >nucleus feature. More on the details of this (unproved) halo nucleus >hypothesis later. Anyway, let's hypothesize for now that a pseudo-neutron or >even real neutrin forms in a halo nucleus if there is enough time for it to >react with the Universal neutrino flux. > >Halo lifetime is the detail which demands beryllium, despite all its negatives >(toxicity). > >In short, the dense hydrogen of Holmlid, captured into the halo by an atom of >beryllium, eventually can form a neutron due to interaction with natural >neutrino flux. This reaction is anti-entropic with probability based on >residence time in the background flux. > >Thus, beryllium could be the magic element which optimizes the conversion of >dense hydrogen into thermal energy (possibly via boron-8 instability). It >would only works at all since beryllium has a unique long-lived and relatively >stable halo-nucleus property. > Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au>
